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As a Sister of the Incarnate Word, Sister Mary McNamara proclaimed the Gospel of love by bonding in community. And at Notre Dame, she found that community in the form of her dream job: being the rector of Breen-Phillips (BP) Hall. Serving as the Breen-Phillips community’s rector was the most fulfilling ministry of her life,

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Relatives, members of the Notre Dame community and Sisters of the Incarnate Word gathered Thursday to honor the life of Sister Mary McNamara, the rector of Breen-Phillips Hall, who died Feb. 7 due to complications from a stroke. University President Fr. John Jenkins presided over a memorial mass held in the Basilica of the Sacred